Alumni Spotlight: Jim Grimmer, P3 Business Care
Duncan McFadzean
- Tell us what about yourself and your venture?
I have 40 years of experience in work, as a Police Officer and in the business sector within the oil industry. I created P3 Business Care CIC to provide personal and proactive support to employees working in partnership with the employer. We need to move from a reactive approach in providing care to the most important asset of any business – it’s people.
- How did you get involved with Creo?
I got connected to Rich Robinson at Creo as I was looking for P3 Business Partners to support a company in Sheffield and knew Rich had been located there for a number of years. I then found out about Creo and the timing was perfect! I had wanted to look at P3 Business Care with ‘fresh eyes’ and joined the Creo Lab programme to enable me to do so.
- How did you find your experience of Creo? How did it help your venture?
I’m thoroughly enjoying the Creo programme, particularly working with Duncan McFadzean. The programme is comprehensive and has introduced me to new ideas and insights into creating a successful enterprise. It has challenged me and helped me to identify the key things I needed to work on to bring focus and to help grow and develop P3 Business Care.
- What are you most excited for in your venture?
I love that P3 Business Care is both practical in the care we provide but that my Christian faith is foundational to why we do what we do. We already support companies across the UK but I’m excited with the prospect of significant growth in our team and the number of clients, and the impact we can have on the lives of individuals.
- What are some of the things you’re thinking about/questions you are asking as an entrepreneur?
We are all created with a God-given purpose. Creo helps people identify, work through and bring that purpose to fruition. I hope that my journey as a Christian entrepreneur can be an encouragement to others to literally take that step of faith. From my personal experience, I have learned to, ‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.’ (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Jim founded the community interest company and social enterprise P3 Business Care CIC to bring personal & proactive care to employees working in partnership with corporate business clients. Jim was a co-founder of The Business Connection in 2014 that ran the Thrive Scotland conferences in 2019 and 2020. He is a graduate of Robert Gordon University (MCIPD), Hillsong International Leadership College in Sydney (Cert IV Ministry) and a member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD). He is a former Street Pastor, an active member of Kings Church Aberdeen, a Director of King’s Community Foundation and in 2020 was awarded ministerial status with AOG (Assemblies of God). He is the National AOG Champion for business ministry.